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Malicious package

@wizloft/harnessnpm

Advisory published Updated

@wizloft/harness is a confirmed malicious npm package (MAL-2026-14285) that opens a backdoor for remote access (malicious version 0.1.1-alpha.3). Do not install it — remove it immediately and rotate any exposed credentials.

Malicious code in @wizloft/harness (npm)

MAL-2026-14285
Immediate action
Remove the package, then rotate any secrets the build/runtime could reach.
npm uninstall @wizloft/harness

What this malware does

dist/index.js — the package's main/exports entrypoint — presents ~200 lines of TypeScript-compiled SDK facade followed by a single ~40KB line of obfuscator.io output (303-entry rotated string array _0x240a with decoder _0x4963 and hex-identifier control-flow variables). Deobfuscation of the string table reveals hardcoded references to public Ethereum RPC endpoints (eth.drpc.org, 1rpc.io), an etherscan-style API query (?module=ac...), a hardcoded Ethereum contract address 0xa322E5f3..., a spoofed Mozilla/5.0 User-Agent, JSON POST machinery, and the sinks require, pipe, and eval. The composition matches the EtherHiding on-chain-C2 dropper pattern: on import, the code queries a smart contract via a public Ethereum RPC to retrieve an attacker-controlled next-stage payload string, then passes it to eval() in the consumer's Node process, yielding arbitrary remote code execution against the installer. The on-chain payload storage is mutable by the contract owner but immutable to registry takedown and invisible to standard registry scanners. The README's claim of 'no executable binary' contradicts the shipped dist/index.js.

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Malicious versions

1 flagged
0.1.1-alpha.3

Indicators of compromise (SHA-256)

3679ede1e874f59f4be963544c3df43069cd335b2f888753b7411e42c7a5d3dd
7c45b346a08bc4c5f14a329f93f928988e7af1039d941528911a1a36080fdc9e

Detection & response playbook

Backdoor / remote access
  1. Find it

    Search your lockfiles and build artifacts for @wizloft/harness (version 0.1.1-alpha.3).

  2. If you installed it — respond

    @wizloft/harness establishes remote access, so treat any host that installed it as fully compromised. Isolate the machine, remove the package, rotate all credentials it could reach, and rebuild from a trusted image rather than cleaning in place — a backdoor may have planted additional persistence.

  3. Did it already run?

    If @wizloft/harness was installed, its post-install payload may already have run. Removing the package does not undo that — check outbound connections and credential use from the install window onward.

Frequently asked questions

No. @wizloft/harness on npm has been identified as a malicious package (version 0.1.1-alpha.3 flagged). It should be removed immediately — do not install or keep it in your dependency tree.

Campaign

IN-MAL-2026-018409GHSA-hv3x-6r5c-g4cp

References

Credits

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Detect & block this

O3 blocks @wizloft/harness-class packages before install and in CI — and if it already ran, its runtime egress monitoring catches the C2 callback and severs the channel.

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@wizloft/harness (npm) malicious package — MAL-2026-14285 | O3 Security